Body protective cover (hugbag)

ABSTRACT

Illustrative views of an exemplary body protective cover device for protecting people while hugging from transfer of an infectious disease is presented. The body protective cover device is useful for preventing transfer of an infectious disease such as COVID-19. Also, the body protective cover device is cost effective, easy to use and disposable.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to personal protective equipment (PPE). More particularly, it relates to a cover device form of PPE for protecting against virus and disease.

BACKGROUND

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the United States in Jan. 2020. The first confirmed case of local transmission was recorded in January, while the first known deaths happened in February. By the end of March, cases had occurred in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and all inhabited U.S. territories except American Samoa. As of Jun. 24, 2020, the U.S. had the most confirmed active cases and deaths in the world. As of Jul. 16, 2020, its death rate was 419 per million people, the seventh-highest rate globally.

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has issued a recommendation to the US population for prevention of contracting COVID 19 as well as other infectious diseases. Those recommendations are: 1) wash hands often; 2) avoid close contact (social distancing); 3) cover mouth and nose with a cloth face cover when around others; 4) cover cough or sneezes; 5) clean and disinfect; and 6) monitor your health daily.

Personal protective equipment (PPE such as a face mask or face shield, aims to protect the wearer's entire face (or part of it) from hazards such as flying objects and road debris, chemical splashes (in laboratories or in industry), or potentially infectious materials (in medical and laboratory environments). With the recent CDC guidelines for COVID-19 pandemic, many have turned to shields that cover at least a part of their face, in particular their nose and mouth.

Recent events in our history remind us how susceptible humans are to contaminants in the air we breathe and the bacteria, disease and/or virus that another person may knowingly or unknowingly carry with them. The is currently no PPE available that is available that can allow one with a need or desire to hug another. While PPE is still being developed, it leaves a basic human need for being facilitated.

Accordingly, and in light of the foregoing, there exists a need for a device in a person can be protected from bacteria, virus and other contaminants while hugging another person.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B are illustrated views of an exemplary body protective cover device.

FIG. 2 is an illustrated use of the body protective cover device shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The phrases “in one embodiment,” “in various embodiments,” “in some embodiments,” and the like are used repeatedly. Such phrases do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment. The terms “comprising,” “having,” and “including” are synonymous, unless the context dictates otherwise. Such terms do not generally signify a closed list.

[10] “Above,” “adhesive,” “affixing,” “any,” “around,” “both,” “bottom,” “by,” “comprising,” “consistent,” “customized,” “enclosing,” “friction,” “in,” “labeled,” “lower,” “magnetic,” “marked,” “new,” “nominal,” “not,” “of,” “other,” “outside,” “outwardly,” “particular,” “permanently,” “preventing,” “raised,” “respectively,” “reversibly,” “round,” “square,” “substantial,” “supporting,” “surrounded,” “surrounding,” “threaded,” “to,” “top,” “using,” “wherein,” “with,” or other such descriptors herein are used in their normal yes-or-no sense, not as terms of degree, unless context dictates otherwise.

Reference is now made in detail to the description of the embodiments as illustrated in the drawings. While embodiments are described in connection with the drawings and related descriptions, there is no intent to limit the scope to the embodiments disclosed herein. On the contrary, the intent is to cover all alternatives, modifications and equivalents. In alternate embodiments, additional devices, or combinations of illustrated devices, may be added to, or combined, without limiting the scope to the embodiments disclosed herein.

Referring to FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B, illustrative views of an exemplary body protective cover device 100 for protecting people while hugging from transfer of an infectious disease is presented. The body protective cover device 100 is useful for preventing transfer of an infectious disease such as COVID-19. Also, the body protective cover device 100 is cost effective, easy to use and disposable.

The body protective cover device 100 is made of a clear polyethylene material, however other materials are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, plastic, vinyl, etc. The body protective cover device 100 preferably comes in three (3) sizes, large, medium and small, however any other number of sizes are hereby contemplated.

The large sized body protective cover device 100 preferably has a width of six (6) feet, however other widths are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, six (6) feet, seven (7) feet, etc. The medium sized body protective cover device 100 preferably has a width of four and one-half (4.5) feet, however other widths are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, three and one-half (3.5) feet, five (5) feet, etc. The small sized body protective cover device 100 preferably has a width of three (3) feet, however other widths are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, three and one-fourth (3.25) feet, two (2) feet, etc.

The large sized body protective cover device 100 preferably has a length of five (5) feet, however other lengths are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, four and one-half (4.5) feet, six (6) feet, etc. The medium sized body protective cover device 100 preferably has a length of three (3) feet, however other lengths are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, two and three-fourth (2.75) feet, four (4) feet, etc. The small sized body protective cover device 100 preferably has a length of two (2) feet, however other lengths are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, one (1) foot, two and one-fourth (2.25) feet, etc.

The body protective cover device 100 has front 200 (FIG. 1A), a back 300 (FIG. 1B), an inside 400, a bottom 500 and a seam 600. The seam 600 is configured at a first side 101, a second side 102 and a top 103 of the body protective cover device 100. The seam 600 is configured to prevent an opening which would allow bacteria or virus of an infectious disease.

In FIG. 1A, the front 200 has a middle portion 201 and a print area 202. The print area 202 is configured to be in the middle portion 201 of the front 200.

In FIG. 1B, the back 300 has a middle portion 301 and a plurality of holes 302. The plurality of holes 302 of the back 300 allow for air to flow in and out of the body protective cover device 100 and also to dissipate heat of a person wearing the body protective cover device 100. The plurality of holes 302 are configured to be in the middle portion 301 of the back 300 of the body protective cover 100.

The bottom 500 has an opening 501. The opening 501 of the bottom 500 of the body protective cover device 100 is configured to provide access to the inside 400 of the body protective cover device 100 when the person is putting the body protective cover device 100 on.

Moving now to FIG. 2, an illustrated use of a person 900 wearing the body protective cover device 100 is presented. The person 900 has a head 901, a pair of shoulders 902, 903, a pair of arms 904, 905 and a torso 906.

The body protective cover device 100 is taken out of storage. The body protective device 100 is moved over the head 901 of the person 900, where the arms 904, 905 are placed through the opening 501 of the bottom 500 and inside 400 of the body protective cover device 100.

The arms 904, 905 are used to open the inside 400 of the body protective cover device 100 to allow for the head 901, shoulders 902, 903, arms 904, 905 and torso 906 of the person to be on the inside 400 of the body protective cover device 100. Once in place, the person 900 can enjoy a protective hug where they don't have to worry about being contaminated with a virus, bacteria or infectious disease.

In the numbered clauses below, specific combinations of aspects and embodiments are articulated in a shorthand form such that (1) according to respective embodiments, for each instance in which a “component” or other such identifiers appear to be introduced (with “a” or “an,” e.g.) more than once in a given chain of clauses, such designations may either identify the same entity or distinct entities; and (2) what might be called “dependent” clauses below may or may not incorporate, in respective embodiments, the features of “independent” clauses to which they refer or other features described above.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the foregoing specific exemplary processes and/or devices and/or technologies are representative of more general processes and/or devices and/or technologies taught elsewhere herein, such as in the claims filed herewith and/or elsewhere in the present application.

The features described with respect to one embodiment may be applied to other embodiments or combined with or interchanged with the features of other embodiments, as appropriate, without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims. 

What is claimed is:
 1. A body protective cover device for protecting a person from infectious disease while hugging, the device comprising: a front, the front having a middle portion and a print area, wherein the print area being in the middle portion of the front; a top, first side, and a second side; a back, the back having a plurality of holes and a middle portion, the plurality of holes being configured in the middle portion of the back, wherein the plurality of holes being for allowing air flow in and out of the device; a seam, the seam being configured at the first side, the second side and the top, wherein the seam being configured to couple the front to the back; and a bottom, the bottom having an opening, wherein the open being configured to allow access to an inside of the device.
 2. The device of claim 1, wherein the device having a large size.
 3. The device of claim 2, wherein the large size device having a length being five (5) feet.
 4. The device of claim 2, wherein the large size device having a width being six (6) feet.
 5. The device of claim 1, wherein the device having a medium size.
 6. The device of claim 2, wherein the medium size device having a length being three (3) feet.
 7. The device of claim 2, wherein the medium size device having a width being four and one-half (4.5) feet.
 8. The device of claim 1, wherein the device having a small size.
 9. The device of claim 2, wherein the small size device having a width being three (3) feet.
 10. The device of claim 2, wherein the small size device having a length being two (2) feet.
 11. The device of claim 1, wherein the device being made of a clear polyethylene material. 